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[...] written about packing lunches before. It is not my favorite job. Not even [...]

By: wordbones

wordbones — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:43:44 +0000

I switched to making my daughters lunch once I realized how little time they have to eat (in elementary school anyway). The kids that buy lunch lose time by standing and waiting in line. For my little peanut who is a slow eater to begin with this was simply not working.

I can now make a peanut butter and marshmellow sandwhich with my eyes closed, even with crust cut off.

-wb

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:23:39 +0000

Oh, I used to hate making lunches!! It was one of the reasons I used to look forward to the holidays – the other being that I worked in a school myself. LOL!

Well done, though, for manfully struggling on with the healthy stuff x three x five days a week. I know it ain’t easy.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:35:59 +0000

In our house, middle school = make your own. But has it been worth the many, many reminders (i.e. nagging), not to mention listening to the pleas to buy lunch when they forget/run out of time? I think so. But I still like offering to do it for them once in a while. They love it and see it as a real treat, and I like it, too — once in a while!

By: Steakbellie

Steakbellie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:18:50 +0000

crap.

I totally forgot we have to start that up again. I hate finally laying down in my bed and realizing I hadnt made the lunches.

the school food is still hideous. I try not to poison the boys like that.

By: Zandria

Zandria — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:53:06 +0000

I imagine that WOULD get pretty old after a while, making three lunches five days a week! Sounds like you have the “healthy” party pretty well under control, though.

By: ellen

ellen — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:03:24 +0000

I have two reactions to this post. The first being that I, too, do not like the feeling of being a”short order cook” so to speak , with the lunch orders. No one ever wants the same thing and I sometimes put the wrong item in the wrong lunch bag. Most of the time the stuff comes back uneaten, but smushed. It pains me to throw it out. And what I pack is NEVER as good as someone else’s lunch. (we are basically 100% organic in our kitchen)
The other side of me remembers that my mom was never home in the morning or had no time in the evening to make me lunch and I always had to buy. I envied all those kids with home made lunches made with care and I am glad (although sometimes tired of it) that I can give this to my kids.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:02:25 +0000

I think that being in middle school means that they are old enough to make their own lunches! Perhaps it could be a new chore on the list, then they can make their brother’s lunch as well.

I was like amyz5′s daughter. PB (no jelly) and oreo cookies every day through 12 grade. Occasionally, I had chips ahoy cookies, but that was my only variation.

By: amyz5

amyz5 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:23:54 +0000

i calculate that in her lifetime I have made my daughter somewhere in the neighborhood 2,500 peanut butter sandwiches (no jelly). Yes, she took the same lunch every day, every year from k-12. (i believe it was turkey in pre-school). funny, i was just thinking about making only one lunch again and it made me kind of nostalgic for the PB days.

By: cruisin-mom

cruisin-mom — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:20:07 +0000

3 words…mac and cheese